B. S. Potter
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Barnabas S Potter
|image =
|order1 = Assemblyman Of Wisconsin State Senate Washington
|predecessor1 = P. G. Duerrwaechter
|successor1 = Henry V. Schwalbach
|term_start1 = January 14, 1903
|term_end1 = July 16th, 1907
|order = 3rd Mayor of West Bend
|term_start = 1887
|term_end = 1887
|predecessor = Henry Lemke
|successor = Patrick O'Meara
|birth_name = Barnabas Potter |birth_date = {{birth date |1836|2|3}}
|birth_place = Elba, New York, U.S.
|death_date =
{{death date|1908|9|23}}
|death_place = West Bend, Wisconsin
}}
Barnabas S. Potter (February 3, 1836 – September 23, 1908) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and Mayor of West Bend, Wisconsin
Biography
Potter was born on February 3, 1836, in Elba, New York,{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1903/bios/potter169gbs.txt|title=Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Potter, B. S.|publisher=USGenWeb Archives|accessdate=2011-12-25}}{{cite news|title=Assemblyman Potter Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3148316/barnabas_s_potter_18361908/|newspaper=Eau Claire Leader|date=September 25, 1908|page=17|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 3, 2015 }} {{Open access}} the son of Jonathan Potter and Julia Anna Potter."Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKB-FLQ : accessed 3 September 2015), Barnabas S. Potter and Hermina S. Bourgeois, 28 May 1868; citing reference 314-95; FHL microfilm 1,275,592. He moved to West Bend, Wisconsin in 1856. He married Hermina S. Bourgeois in 1868. Potter became mayor of West Bend in 1887https://cms9files.revize.com/westbendwi/Mayor/mayors_past__present_1.pdf He died of kidney and liver trouble at his home in West Bend in 1908.
Career
Potter was elected to the Assembly in 1902. He was a Democrat.{{cite news|title=One Man Heads the Minority |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3148282/barnabas_s_potter_born_1836/|newspaper=Janesville Daily Gazette|date=March 8, 1905|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 3, 2015 }} {{Open access}}
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|68137724|Barnabas S. Potter}}
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potter.html#434.68.36 The Political Graveyard]
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Category:People from Genesee County, New York
Category:People from West Bend, Wisconsin
Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Businesspeople from Wisconsin
Category:19th-century mayors of places in Wisconsin